Last day in 宜兰.
Aaron, having seen photos I took the day before in the fruit orchard, wanted to go visit too. Told him the only time we could do it was early in the morning, before we set off. And he actually did wake up at 6am, without me waking me!
This bridge was the key reason why he wanted to visit the fruit orchard.
He crossed the bridge bravely, and was so happy about it!
It was such bliss walking in the quiet peace of the early morning with my son, just the 2 of us.
At one of the look-out points was a Japanese drum!
On the way back out of the orchard, we went on another bridge, a single-plank, even-more-shaky bridge.
I can imagine Aaron joining ODAC and doing really well in Outward Bound School next time. Hopefully he keeps up his curious and adventurous spirit!
Back at the front courtyard of the farm, it's 1 last play with the bubble maker.
Then it's time to leave 宜兰. Actually, after coming back to Singapore, I realised that we probably saw only 5% of 宜兰. There's so much more to see and do that we missed out. But we were really very tired by the time we got there and just wanted some time to chill. Think we really packed too much in this trip. Need to take it slower next time!
On our way to Taipei, we stopped at 十份 to 放天灯.
And had lunch by the railway station.
This chicken wing stuffed with rice was really yummy!
The other food were so-so.
Next stop before Taipei - 野柳地质公园, Yeliu Geopark. The landscape of the park is full of honeycomb and mushroom rocks eroded by the sea. the cape stretches around 1,700 meters, formed as thousands of years of geological movement forced the Datun Mountains to change their shape, jutting out into the ocean.
That was the end of the countryside/mountain/farm part of our trip. Next, Taipei city! After so many days of country life, we were so looking forward to the city.
After leaving our luggage in our hotel - Amba Ximenting (highly recommend this hotel - good location, big rooms, great breakfast, and most importantly, has a laundry room!), we left for Taipei 101.
Wanted to have dinner at the 鼎泰豐, but the queue was ridiculously long. So we settled for the food court instead, before going up to the Observatory.
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